Thanksgiving is a holiday for gratitude, family time, and good food. It's also a time to learn about the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, and the Wampanoag native Americans. The following picks cover the entire Thanksgiving gambit: from American history to modern
Some researchers believe that the first people to arrive in the Americas came from Asia 15,000 years ago. Others say that people arrived here as early as 35,000 years ago. Now called Indians or Native Americans, these people formed many different nations
"Native Americans have occupied northern New England for at least 10,000 years.
"The Native Americans of the Plains lived in one of the most well-known shelters, the tepee (also tipi or teepee).
Nearly 1000 years ago, Leif Ericsson sailed 1800 miles from Greenland to Newfoundland, establishing the first contact between Europeans and native North Americans.
